Conceiving the city :
Freeman, Nicholas.
Conceiving the city : London, literature, and art 1870-1914 / Nicholas Freeman. - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 240 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-230) and index.
Introduction: The Problem of London 1 Accumulating Impressions 1 The City of the World 4 Passing the Baton 19 Being Realistic 26 1. `Inclusion and Confusion': Empiricist London 35 Fact versus Fiction 36 Dealing with Dickens (and Zola) 43 `A restricted number of natural facts': London under the Microscope 47 Slumming It 54 Telling Tales 65 `O wot 'orrid langwidge': Talking to the Cockneys 70 The Exact Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes 80 Stories without Ends 86 2. Shadows and Fog: Impressionist London 89 `The almost awful clarity of Henry James' 89 Paternal Prompting 97 Floating like a Butterfly: Whistler 103 Impressionist Cityscapes 112 ImitatingWhistler 118 Imitating Monet 129 `Fleeting and transitory things': Speeding London 134 Towards the Within 143 3. `That untravell'd world': symbolist London 147 Doors in the Wall 147 Mysteries and Initiations 149 Fashioning the Symbol 170 Realist Veils 181 Phantasmagoria: The Street beyond The Street 196 An Immense Darkness 201 Afterword 206 Bibliography 210 Index 231
9780199218189 0199218188 (acidfree)
2007025935
GBA740859 bnb
013755668 Uk
English literature--History and criticism.--England--London
Literature and society--History.--England
Art and literature--History.--England
English literature--Illustrations.
London (England)--Intellectual life.
London (England)--In literature.
London (England)--In art.
PR8471. / F74 2007
820.9/32421
Conceiving the city : London, literature, and art 1870-1914 / Nicholas Freeman. - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007. - x, 240 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-230) and index.
Introduction: The Problem of London 1 Accumulating Impressions 1 The City of the World 4 Passing the Baton 19 Being Realistic 26 1. `Inclusion and Confusion': Empiricist London 35 Fact versus Fiction 36 Dealing with Dickens (and Zola) 43 `A restricted number of natural facts': London under the Microscope 47 Slumming It 54 Telling Tales 65 `O wot 'orrid langwidge': Talking to the Cockneys 70 The Exact Knowledge of Sherlock Holmes 80 Stories without Ends 86 2. Shadows and Fog: Impressionist London 89 `The almost awful clarity of Henry James' 89 Paternal Prompting 97 Floating like a Butterfly: Whistler 103 Impressionist Cityscapes 112 ImitatingWhistler 118 Imitating Monet 129 `Fleeting and transitory things': Speeding London 134 Towards the Within 143 3. `That untravell'd world': symbolist London 147 Doors in the Wall 147 Mysteries and Initiations 149 Fashioning the Symbol 170 Realist Veils 181 Phantasmagoria: The Street beyond The Street 196 An Immense Darkness 201 Afterword 206 Bibliography 210 Index 231
9780199218189 0199218188 (acidfree)
2007025935
GBA740859 bnb
013755668 Uk
English literature--History and criticism.--England--London
Literature and society--History.--England
Art and literature--History.--England
English literature--Illustrations.
London (England)--Intellectual life.
London (England)--In literature.
London (England)--In art.
PR8471. / F74 2007
820.9/32421